Before the Piedmont Hotel was built, Mark Twain visited the Piedmont Springs while on a lecture tour in Oakland in 1868. Photographer Eadweard Muybridge recorded this visit in front of the gazebo-covered spring. Twain is holding a cup of mineral water. The restored faux grotto in Piedmont Park is located at the spot where Mark Twain was once photographed. The lower grotto was built on the site of the original wood gazebo. From the article on patch.com By Charles Burress, Pat

From The family of Requa; 1678-1898 by Requa, Amos Conklin, written in 1839: Isaac L., son of Capt. Jacob, whose picture appears...

"Under Miss Nace's supervision and management, Piedmont Canyon became beautiful Piedmont Park" Overland Monthly 1915-06: Vol 65 Iss 6, p...

Fighting Hugh Craig is known as the " First Mayor of Piedmont, " but this title is not entirely accurate. While he is popularly remembered or recognized as the first mayor, there were actually one or possibly two individuals, Varney Gaskill and Patrick Joseph Keller , who held the position before him. Therefore, Craig was technically the second or possibly the third mayor of Piedmont, not the first as commonly believed by many. Oakland Tribune - Sat - Feb. 9, 1907 The San Fr

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series...

THE HISTORY OF PIEDMONT by Helen Stoddard Chenoweth Piedmont High School - March 15, 1929. THE FIRST SCHOOL With the growth of the...

THE HISTORY OF PIEDMONT by Helen Stoddard Chenoweth (1928) Reference History of Alameda County by F. C. Merritt Volume I [Editor's note:...

A Short History of California and The East Bay. by Stephanie Warshauer Civics Period 8. (1928, cont...) San Francisco. The city of San...